- A 2014 study by the New America Foundation revealed that NSA surveillance programs played an initiating role in only 7.5% of the 225 cases of terrorism-related charges. Just eight cases could be linked to the NSA, and only one actually involved an operational plot to attack the United States. http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/bergen_naf_nsa%20surveillance_1_0_0.pdf 4 comments politics
- Capping the Nation’s Broadband Future? Dwindling competition is fueling the rise of increasingly costly and restrictive Internet usage caps http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/capping_the_nation_s_broadband_future 12 comments technology
- The Democrats have lost their way by jettisoning New Deal "big government" liberalism for "market-friendly" neoliberalism. http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2009/obamas_timid_liberalism_11559 3 comments politics
- The Obama administration has dramatically ratcheted up the American drone program in Pakistan. Since President Obama took office, U.S. drone strikes have killed about a half-dozen militant leaders along with hundreds of others, a quarter of whom were civilians. http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/revenge_drones 3 comments politics
- An Inconvenient Truth? Ahmadinejad may have won the election fairly; pre-election poll showed him with a more than 2:1 lead over Mousavi http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2009/iranian_people_speak_14706 16 comments worldnews
- Texas may be favored for the championship, but they're not doing so well academically (new acadmemic rankings for bowl championship) http://www.newamerica.net/blog/higher-ed-watch/2008/second-annual-academic-bcs-rankings-8907 2 comments reddit.com
- White House Threatens Swiss Over $42b Iran Gas Deal http://www.newamerica.net/blog/american-strategy/2008/white-house-threatens-swiss-over-42b-iran-gas-deal-3685 3 comments worldnews
- Big government conservatives grew government because they needed it to blur the lines between public and private, in order to make government an instrument of private and political power. http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2007/whose_big_government_5433 3 comments politics